Natalie Oganesyan editorThe leading contenders for the Academy Award for the best adapted screenplay stressed the importance of listening to and preserving the nuanced details while translating these precious stories for the screen.As part of Variety’s inaugural 3-day FYC Fest celebrating this award season’s premier filmmakers and creatives, an evening session featuring contenders in the adapted screenplay category included Ramin Bahrani, the writer and director of Netflix’s “The White Tiger;” Peter Baynham, one of the writers of Amazon’s “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm;” Angela Russo-Otstot, the writer of Apple TV Plus’ original film, “Cherry;” Kemp Powers, who adapted his own play for Amazon’s “One Night in Miami” and Ruben Santiago-Hudson,.
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